Wearable sensor to detect seizures using heart rate
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study tests whether a wearable chest sensor can detect seizures early by watching your heart rate. If you have temporal lobe epilepsy, wearing this sensor during a hospital stay might help predict seizures and improve future care.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 or older
- You have temporal lobe epilepsy and are already scheduled to stay in the hospital's epilepsy monitoring unit for a video-EEG test
- You have seizures despite trying at least two different seizure medications
- You have had a seizure that started in one part of the brain and spread to cause whole-body convulsions
- You do not have a pacemaker or other implanted heart or brain device
- You have not been diagnosed with major depression
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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